Container



Dec.'27, 1938. J. M. HQTHERSALL 2,141,184

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9 ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 27,1938

UNITED STATES 2,141,134 comma John M. Hothersali, Brooklyn, American Can Company,

N. Y., assignor to New York, N. Y., a

corporation of New Jersey Application August 24, 1935, Serial No. 37,767

6 Claims.

An object of the invention is the provision of a sheet metal container having a gasket lined cover 10 which fits an annular curled bead by tightly engaging the bead on opposite sides and by also engaging under the bead on both sides to form a tight closure for shipping purposes, this cover being readily removable and being easily snapped 16 back in place for use as a reclosure without impairing its holding qualities on the bead.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken 20 in connection with the accompanying drawin discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying the instant invention showing the 25 same closed at its upper end by a special form of cover;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken through the container and cover and showing the latter on the container but prior 80 to sealing;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section similar in part to Fig. she view being takensubstantially along the line 3-3 in Fig. 1 and showing the cover after sealing on the container and 35 also showing graphically part of an opening tool in position for prying the cover loose; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section of container and cover in separated or spaced relation as they might appear after opening. v

40 A preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawing and is incorporated in a container which comprises a cylindrical or other form of tubular body ll (Fig. 1) having a closed bottom 12. The upper part of the body wall is 45 connected, by a suitable seam 13 (see also Figs. 3 and 4), to a ring or end member l4 having an upwardly and inwardly inclined top wall section i5 which merges at its inner edge into a vertical annular short wall section l6. This latter wall 50 section surrounds and defines an open mouth .11 for dispensing contents from the container.

The upper edge of the wall section I6 terminates in a smooth annular curl or enlarged bead II which surrounds the open mouth of the con- 55 tainer. This open curl or bead emerges from the wall 16 and extends outwardly and upwardly in an outer curved wall section or outer lateral shoulder l9, thence inwardly and downwardly in an inner curved wall section or inner lateral shoulder 2| which terminates just short of or adjacent the base of the curved wall l9 thus forming a tubular cross-section. In the particular form shown in the drawing the inner and outer walls 19, 21 project substantially equal distances on either side of the connecting wall it. This curl or bead I8 is utilized as a seat for a cover-25 which when in position on the container closes off its mouth 11.

The cover 25 comprises a central paneled top wall 26 which at its outer or marginal edge portion is formed with an inverted U-shaped annular channel 21 adapted to fit over the container bead 18. The channel is defined'by an inner vertical wall section 28 (Fig. 2) which is contiguous with v the cover top wall 26. The wall 28 also merges into an intermediate or curved wall section 29 which joins into a vertically depending wall section 31 This latter is substantially parallel with the wall 28, is preferably of substantially the same length and terminates in an outwardly turned reinforcing curl 32. a

The cover channel 21 is adapted to hold an annular gasket 35 which may be of suitable soft resilient material such as rubber and the like and which is seated in the trough of the channel against the curved intermediate wall 29. When the cover is positioned on the container prior to sealing as shown in Fig. 2 its channel 21 contains the bead l8 and the gasket is preferably tightly compressed against the top of the bead with the channel walls 28, 3| frictionally engaging the curved walls or shoulders 19, 2|.

While in this position the cover is secured in sealing place by the bending of its outer annular channel wall 3| and its curl 32 inwardly and under the bead shoulder 19. Portions of its inner channel wall 28 are also pressed'outwardly and under the bead shoulder 21 this being at spaced intervals around the cover channel and providing a plurality of permanent spaced cover holding indentations 36.

The continuous outer holding ring which is thus formed by bending the curl 32 inwardly and the spaced inner indentations 36 cooperate to provide permanent deformations of the cover channel 21. In this construction the bead i8 is thus gripped on both sides of the vertical connecting wall l6. This tightly holds the cover in sealed position for shipping and storage.

To remove the cover, as when opening the container, it is merely necessary to apply a stifl tool of any suitable character, one satisfactory form being shown in Fig. 3. One end of the tool is inserted under the annular curl 32 and a downward pressure is applied on the other end, using the container seam l3 as a fulcrum. In this manner the cover is easily pried loose from its bead 58, the deformations 32, 36 spreading apart as the resistance or natural spring in the metal, acting through. the deformations, is overcome.

This spr'lnginess is retained in the cover de formations, however, after its removal and hence provides the added feature of adapting the cover for use as a snap reclosure. E'hus the cover may be tightly replaced by snapping the deformations over the top oi the head 88. The result is the provision of a cover for a container which when sealed in place for shipping provides a tight lei Eli'- prooi' closure and one which may be easily removed and replaced and used as a reclosure and one which will tightly iit in place and will held against accidental removal when so 7 used,

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement oi the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

1. A container having a wall terminating in an upstanding bead constituting oppositely disposed continuous lateral shoulders overhanging said wall, and a cover adapted for sealing engagement with said container and formed with a marginal portion which provides a seat for said bead and which engages beneath both of said oppositely disposed lateral shoulders for holding the cover in position when container and cover are assembled. r 2. A container having a well part terminating in an upstanding head which is enlarged and extended on each side of the wall to provide con= tinuous lateral shoulders overhanging said wall, and a detachable cover having a marginal portion which provides a seat adapted to fit over said head, said seat terminating in spaced de pending friction walls bent into locking eugageinent beneath lateral shoulders for holding ti e cover in seaied position when container cover are assembled.

3. s. container having a wall terminating in an upstanding head. of continuous uniform peripheral contour, said bead overhanging each side of said well to provide inner and outer lat-p eral shoulders, and a. detachable cover for said container having an inverted U-shaped marginal channel defined by inner and outer depending walls which provides a seat for said bead when the cover is in assembled position on the container, the outer of said channel walls being bent under said bead and in engagement beneath the outer of said lateral shoulders, the inner of said channel walls being formed with circumferentially spaced indentations which engage beneath the other of said lateral shoulders for holding the cover in sealed position.

4. A container having a wall part terminating at its upper end in an upstanding bead which is laterally enlarged to provide continuous uniform peripheral shoulders, one overhanging each side of said wall part, and a detachable cover for said container having an inverted il-shaped marginal channel which is adapted to provide a seat for said head when container and cover are assembled, the outer side walls of said cover channel being curled into close engagement beneath said head, the inner side wall of said marginal channel being formed with spaced indentations bent into engagement beneath the inside of said bead for holding the cover in sealing engagement on the container i'l'ld against inadvertent vertical displacement relative thereto, said curl and said indentations being yieldable to permit release of said cover and to permit its reapplication as a. friction reclosure.

5. A container having a wall terminating in an upstanding bead which extends on each side of said wall as a continuous lateral shoulder overhanging said wall, and a cover adapted for seallug engagement with said container and formed with a channel which provides a seat for said head, said cover channel terminating in depending side walls bent into engagement beneath said lateral shoulders for holding the cover in position, when container and cover are assembled.

6. Acontainer having a wall terminating in an upstanding bead constituting lateral shoulders continuously overhanging opposite sides of said well, and a detachable cover for said container having a walled channel which provides a seat for said head and which confines a sealing gasket for engagement with said head, the walls of said channel being bent into engagement beneath said oppositely disposed lateral shoulders to embed said bead in the said gasket for hermetically sealmg said cover in position when container and cover are assembled.

JOHN M. HOTHERQAIL 

